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Beginning in the late 1940s, Martin and Elliot Gantmacher popularized the button-down shirt as a de rigueur garment for Ivy League and Madison Avenue men. They were so taken with their success, in fact, that not long after their company was rebranded Gant in 1949, the brothers adopted the label as their surname.

Elliot Gant, the last of the founders, died on March 12 in Boston. He was 89.
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I've never known wtf a button down shirt is anyway. So I looked it up, and apparently, it's a shirt, with buttons down the front, so in other words then, a shirt.

There's some bollocks in this fashion business.

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I've never known wtf a button down shirt is anyway. So I looked it up, and apparently, it's a shirt, with buttons down the front, so in other words then, a shirt.

There's some bollocks in this fashion business.

 

Yes, I was surprised to learn that I've been wearing this novelty for 40 years.

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I've never known wtf a button down shirt is anyway. So I looked it up, and apparently, it's a shirt, with buttons down the front, so in other words then, a shirt.

There's some bollocks in this fashion business.

 

No way! I've often wondered the same, but could never be arsed to look it up.

I thought it might be the sort that has buttons on the collar, that was fashionable in the 1970s.

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I've never known wtf a button down shirt is anyway. So I looked it up, and apparently, it's a shirt, with buttons down the front, so in other words then, a shirt.

There's some bollocks in this fashion business.

 

No way! I've often wondered the same, but could never be arsed to look it up.

I thought it might be the sort that has buttons on the collar, that was fashionable in the 1970s.

 

Yes way! It seems.

One place did say collar, but the preponderance of those I saw just mean down the front, where, you know, a shirt has buttons. Ludicrous.

Probably American in origin due to them being a bit like that, 'it's not a sweatshirt or a Tee-shirt, so we have to specify its a "button down" shirt', or summat (sue me for the generalisation of an entire nation), but I got bored before delving that deeply. Unsurprisingly....

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49 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

I see Gina Fratini, British dress designer, has had a Telegraph Obit but at the time of writing hasn't had her Wiki page updated. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/06/02/gina-fratini-dress-designer-obituary/

 

Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gina_Fratini

Perhaps we could start a new thread People Who Are Alive According To Wiki

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10 hours ago, Sir Creep said:

Perhaps we could start a new thread People Who Are Alive According To Wiki

 

There's a Vietnam leader from the War, I forget his name, who last I check was alive on Wiki and aged 100 and something. This is despite history books noting the chap died in obscurity in the 1970s.

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Carla Fendi died aged 79.

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Another classic post by a legend of the forum there.

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11 minutes ago, msc said:

Another classic post by a legend of the forum there.

You're just like a little biscuit aincha?

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8 minutes ago, ObakeFilter said:

You're just like a little biscuit aincha?

I don't think you're getting the hang of the forum yet...

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21 minutes ago, Joey Russ said:

I don't think you're getting the hang of the forum yet...

And what that would be?

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